Dear Rakhi Sawant, You’ve Gone Too Far with Your #SheToo Drama
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Dear Rakhi Sawant, You’ve Gone Too Far with Your #SheToo Drama

At a recent press conference, Rakhi Sawant claimed that Tanushree Dutta raped her and muddied the waters of the #MeToo movement by calling it a publicity stunt. Because if anyone knows anything about cheap publicity stunts, it is Rakhi Sawant. It is fine to issue wedding proposals from your commode, but dismissing a movement for solidarity is going too far.
In The Age of Peak Prestige TV, the Endless Joy of Watching Queer Eye
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In The Age of Peak Prestige TV, the Endless Joy of Watching Queer Eye

Queer Eye is about bringing the best tenets of queer culture into the mainstream: The values that come from people who don’t fit the rigid expectations of society, and who understand that, regardless of orientation, no one does. Beyond the trappings of chic wardrobes and tasteful decor, this is what makes the show binge-worthy even in Season 4.
My Own Private Bigg Boss: What Charms Does Bigg Boss 14 Hold When Life Has Become a Reality Show?
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My Own Private Bigg Boss: What Charms Does Bigg Boss 14 Hold When Life Has Become a Reality Show?

Bigg Boss 14 begins today. For a population locked down in their homes, will the reality show – watching people locked down inside a house – be any different? Or will the contestants and their motivations make sense? After five months of doing jhadoo-pocha, who among us hasn’t felt like yelling at everyone to get off her back à la Pooja “What is this behaviour” Misrra?